Charles Schumer Quotes

#1. I think on this issue more than any other we're going to see sort of a bipartisan longing to get something done, and hopefully you're not going to find the fisticuffs that you would find on lots of other issues. I think you'll be able to glean a sense of progress without us revealing the specifics.

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#2. The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.

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#3. If other cows with mad cow disease were slaughtered, we wouldn't know where to begin looking for people who might have been affected, .. With a comprehensive tracking system, we would.

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#4. The only people who use them [so-called assault weapons] are mass murderers ...

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#5. I'm not sure we will have every single Democrat ... but we want a large number of Republicans to be able to vote for this bill because we think that will encourage the House not only to move forward but to pass a bill.

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#6. No one believed [the 1986 amnesty for illegal aliens] was tough enough on illegal immigration, and it didn't give enough flexibility on future legal immigration.

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#7. Obviously, there are conservatives who are in the mainstream and conservatives who would take people's rights away.

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#8. I feel very strongly that we need to change the way we do trade because it has been one of the major factors that lead to decline of middle class incomes.

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#9. This bill [Immigration Reform and Control act of 1986] is a gamble, a riverboat gamble. There is no guarantee that employer sanctions will work or that amnesty will work. We are headed into uncharted waters.

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#10. We're here to tell the NRA their nightmare is true ...

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#11. I basically believe that until China stop stealing our intellectual property, and until they stop keeping our companies out that do good things, the amount we will gain from export jobs is minimized, and the amount we lose in middle class incomes is maximized.

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#12. Candidates With Deeply Held Christian Beliefs Are Unfit and Disqualified From Serving As A Federal Judge.

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#13. We're going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy! We're going to beat guns into submission!

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#14. Biking through New York's boroughs in 2005, I thought about some old friends, Joe and Eileen Bailey. Though they are imaginary, I frequently talk to them.

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#15. All we ask for is registration, just like we do for cars.

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#16. Unfortunately, the administration's plan is an ounce of cure for a pound of problems.

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#17. The greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.

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#18. I think we could be at a tipping point

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